Moving Home/Changing Your Tenancy

Over the years you may decide you want to change your tenancy.  This section gives you information about :

• Transfers (if you want to apply to move to another Council or housing association home) 
• Succession (where another member of your family can take over your tenancy on your death)
• Assignment (if you want to pass you tenancy to someone else while you are still alive)
• Mutal Exchanges and Homeswap (if you want to swap your home with another council or housing association tenant in Reading or further afield)
• Right to Buy (if you want to buy your Council home)
• Homebuy (if you want to buy a property on the open market).
• Ending your tenancy
• What to do if you are a joint tenant and your relationship breaks down

and how to apply.

Article		Description
	Transfers	Transferring your tenancy to another Council or Housing Association Home
	Sheltered Housing	Information about Sheltered/Retirement Housing
	Homeswapper	Council and Housing Association homes available to swap across the UK
	Mutual Exchanges	How you can swap your home with another council/housing association tenant and where to find lists of people willing to exchange
	Breakdown of relationships	What to do if you are in a joint tenancy and the relationship with your partner breaks down
	New Build Homebuy (Shared Ownership)	Information on part rent/part buy schemes
	My Choice Homebuy - Buying On the Open Market	Government backed low cost loans to help you buy the home of your choice
	Succession	What happens to your home on the death of the secure tenant
	Assignment of a tenancy	Passing your tenancy onto someone else while you are alive
	Key Worker Housing	A scheme to help certain key workers find affordable housing and information about local schemes
	Ending your tenancy	Giving notice
	Re-let Standard - Tenant's Guide	Overview of the standard empty Council homes must meet before they can be re-let
	Your Right to Buy Your Council Home	Information about the Government's Right to Buy Scheme